Pickfordia OMODEO, 1958

Csuzdi, C. S., 2010, Review Of The Paleotropical Neogastrini Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Acanthodrilidae: Benhamiinae) With Description Of Two New Genera, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 56 (2), pp. 103-118 : 109

Pickfordia OMODEO, 1958

Pickfordia OMODEO, 1958: 29 , JAMIESON 1974: 76, CSUZDI 1993: 67 (part.), CSUZDI 1995: 117 (part.), CSUZDI 1996: 363 (part.), OMODEO 2000: 194, CSUZDI et al. 2009: 67.

Diagnosis. Setae closely paired all ventral. Female pores on 14, paired or single. Male apparatus acanthodriline sometimes with balantine reduction or atypical positions. Muscular gizzards lacking. Two pairs of calciferous glands in 14–15 open separately. Spermathecal apparatus paired, diverticulate. Excretory system holoic.

Type species – Pickfordia magnisetosa OMODEO, 1958 .

Distribution – West Africa

Remarks. There are some uncertainties in Pickfordia regarding the oesophageal openings of the calciferous glands. In case of the type species and P. pseudoplanaria the calciferous glands open separately into the oesophagus in 14, 15, however at the description of P. ditheca OMODEO (1958) writes that perhaps they open through a common duct. This character proved to be stabile in other group of Neogastrini therefore it is possible that OMODEO overlooked this character during describing the single holotype of this species.